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rotavirus (medicine) and constitutional hepatic dysfunction (medicine)


rotavirus (medicine)


Rotavirus
<virology> Genus of the Reoviridae having a double layered capsid and 11 double stranded RNA molecules in the genome. They have a wheel like appearance in the electron microscope and cause acute diarrhoeal disease in their mammalian and avian hosts.

Probably the most important cause of severe dehydrating diarrhoea in children under three years of age worldwide.

Symptoms include nausea, vomiting, low-grade fever and diarrhoea. Aggressive fluid replacement is generally required.


constitutional hepatic dysfunction (medicine)


constitutional hepatic dysfunction -->
familial nonhemolytic jaundice
Mild jaundice due to increased amounts of unconjugated bilirubin in the plasma without evidence of liver damage, biliary obstruction, or haemolysis; thought to be due to an inborn error of metabolism in which the excretion of bilirubin by the liver is defective, ascribed to decreased conjugation of bilirubin as a glucuronide or impaired uptake of hepatic bilirubin.

Synonym: benign familial icterus, constitutional hepatic dysfunction, Gilbert's disease, Gilbert's syndrome, Hebra's disease.